THE names of the candidates competing at the 2019 local elections have been released.
Ballot boxes across the borough will be open from 7am to 10pm on Thursday, May 2 for residents to make their selections.
Here are the candidates in our area that are hoping to win your votes:
Astley and Mosley Common
Allan Hogg- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Christine Roberts- Labour
Richard Short- Conservative
Atherleigh
Mark Aldred- Labour
Susan Davies- Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley Together (LATT)
Paul Fairhurst- Conservative
Mary Lavelle- UKIP
Kevin Lee- Independent Network
Atherton
Marjorie Clayton- Conservative
Glenn Marsh- UKIP
Quinton Smith- LATT
David Keir Stitt- Labour
James Paul Watson- Independent Network
Golborne and Lowton West
Stuart Blakeley- UKIP
Gerard Houlton- Conservative
Gena Merrett- Labour and Co-operative Group
Susan Spibey- Independent
Hindley
Jim Churton- Labour
Jim Ellis- Independent Network
Neil Hancox- Green Party - Save our Green Space
Claire Houlton- Conservative
John Skipworth- Liberal Democrats
Hindley Green
Susan Atherton- Conservative
Gillian Gibson- UKIP
Joshua Hindle- Liberal Democrats
Deborah Lloyd- Independent Group
John Vickers- Labour
Leigh East
John Dowsett- Liberal Democrats
Richard Houlton- Conservative
James Morley- LATT
Aiden Slack- UKIP
Anita Thorpe- Labour
Leigh South
John O'Brien- Labour
Leon Peters- UKIP
Connor Short- Conservative
Leigh West
Dane Anderton- Labour
Brian Aspinall- UKIP
Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves- LATT
Natalie Smalley- Liberal Democrats
Denise Young- Conservative
Lowton East
Mary Houghton- UKIP
Kathleen Houlton- Conservative
Garry Lloyd- Labour
Tyldesley
Kerry Ford- UKIP
Stephen Hellier- Labour
Julian Marsh- Independent
David Stirzaker- Conservative
To be be included in the electoral register the local authority must receive applications by Friday, April 12.
New applications to vote must be received by 5pm on Monday, April 15.
The address to send them in the post is:
Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN
Online votes can be made via the online registration service by clicking here.
For more information about the local elections click here.
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